When Dorothy held Juelz’s arm, she used too much force. Her nails dug deeply into Juelz’s muscles. He frowned from the slight stinging pain.
“Dory, don’t worry. He won’t die just yet.”
Seeing Juelz’s gloomy face, Dorothy realized she cared too much about Credence. She lowered her head and whispered, “Juelz, I don’t care if he lives or dies. I just hope that he can wake up earlier so that I can cure Belle’s illness.”
Juelz did not point out Dorothy’s way of concealing her feelings. He only stared at her as she lowered her head, let his jealousy and boiling blood cool down, and he let out a sigh.
“Dory, when I walked past the ICU just now, I heard from Jonathan that Credence is likely to wake up in half an hour, but his injury is too serious, thus he will have to be nursed in the hospital for about half a month.”
“It means that you can’t do that thing with him within this time. How about this, let’s go see him first, after that, we’ll go back to the apartment and plan this out?”
Upon hearing that Credence had to recuperate for more than half a month, Dorothy could not help but feel annoyed.
If she had known that he would suffer such a serious internal injury, she would have stopped him from stabbing his own chest that night in the club.
Now she had done it. Her plans had to be foiled and she could not do it with Credence. The plan to get herself pregnant was far from over.
Dorothy nodded sullenly. “That’s all we can do right now.”
She hastily ate some bread and had some drinks to fill her hunger. Juelz accompanied her as they walked out of the ward and into ICU along the corridor.
At the same time, Credence made it through the 36 hours mark and had already opened his eyes for around ten minutes.
The serious pain in his heart caused him to feel an unbearable stinging pain every time he took a breath.
However, he was an overbearingly domineering man, and his ability to endure pain was great too. He frowned and did not even groan.
A strong smell of disinfected water reached his nose, which helped Credence understand where he was at. He took some time to remember what had happened the night before. Slowly, his dark eyes got clear and bright.
He slowly turned his head around and was welcomed by Jonathan’s exaggerated smile. He widened his eyes in excitement and cried out, “Credence, you are finally awake. You have been lying motionlessly on the hospital bed for two days and one night like a dead man. Oh my, you scared me to death.”
“Shut up!”
Credence’s brain ached from Jonathan’s cries. He glanced over coldly and looked around with great difficulty.
He only saw Marvin, who was standing at the door and stopping people. The woman who he really wanted to see was nowhere to be found.
Therefore, his expectant and pale face gradually darkened.
After being thoroughly ignored like this, Jonathan felt so wronged that he shouted at Marvin, “Marv, I finally understand. In Credence’s heart, both of us can’t even be compared to Dorothy’s pinky! D*mn it, let’s go. This hurts my self-esteem too much.”
Marvin had no time to comfort Jonathan’s wounded heart. He showed a stern face to Juelz, who came side by side with Dorothy, and said coldly, “Juelz, Credence doesn’t want to see you. Please leave now.”
Juelz was so angry that he sneered. When he was about to speak, he noticed Dorothy quietly pulling his sleeve. He could only swallow his anger and suppress the resentment in his heart. He thought that the less trouble he caused, the better it would be. Hence, he retreated to the end of the corridor, took out a cigarette from his trousers, lit it, and took a deep puff.
“Juelz, I’ll come out soon. Wait for me here.”
Dorothy turned around and gave Juelz an apologetic and gentle smile, which instantly appeased Juelz, and his angry eyes turned infatuate and gentle. “Okay, Dory, I’ll be waiting for you right here.”
Like a soldier with a righteous spirit, Marvin really couldn’t stand couples flirting in public. When Dorothy walked past him as she entered the ward, he lowered his voice and snorted, “Credence just woke up. You’d better not say anything to agitate him.”
Dorothy was still secretly complaining about this man as he had forcefully yanked her to the hospital. She ignored his words and went straight into the ICU.
Hearing the crisp sound of high heels, Jonathan turned around and noticed that it was Dorothy. He said with a smile, “Credence, the person you’ve been looking forward to is here, I won’t be a third wheel anymore. You two can talk, I’ll go out and have a smoke with Marv. Don’t worry, no one will disturb you two, thus go on and flirt, em, I mean, show your mutual affections.”
After Jonathan left, the door was slammed shut, causing Dorothy’s slightly stiff and cold body to tremble. She could feel Credence’s indifferent gaze as he looked at her.
His eyes were shining, and there were a lot of things he wanted to tell her, but he remained silent.
He struggled to remain silent, and Dorothy did not know what to say to him either. Her heart beat wildly. She waited for a long time, but he didn’t speak.
At this time, she was already filled with anger, but when she thought of the fact that he was a serious patient, she bit her lips and said, “Does it still hurt?”
In the corridor.
Juelz looked at Jonathan and Marvin coldly, as they eavesdropped on the door.
Juelz glanced at his wristwatch. Half an hour had passed, but Dorothy was still inside with Credence. He walked over with a gloomy face and kicked Jonathan. “Has she finished talking or not? I’m still waiting for her to come out so that I can have a meal with her and her daughter.”
Jonathan let out a cry and turned back to look at Juelz in his eyes. He straightened himself with a cold face. “What’s wrong with you, Juelz? Credence is having a good time with his woman. It’s none of your business. What’s the hurry?”
Marvin added with no expression on his face, “Juelz, what’s yours is yours. If it’s not yours, it will never be yours. I advise you to go back now.”
Juelz grew furious as he heard the two of them speak.
“F*ck, you two want to argue with me, don’t you? What the f*ck do you mean by that? The woman I am pursuing is Credence’s ex-wife, not your ex-wife. Don’t you think you are stepping into other people’s business?”
Inside the door.
Dorothy held back her temper and asked if Credence’s wound hurt, but the d*mned man seemed to have heard nothing. He laid on the hospital bed and pressed his thin lips tightly together. He never said a word, as if his words were heavier than gold.
This made Dorothy feel very embarrassed, and the atmosphere got tensed. She thought for a moment and was about to leave when the man suddenly coughed painfully. As he coughed violently, he gasped and spoke with difficulty. “Don’t… don’t go. Stay with me. I need you, Dorothy. I really, really hope you can stay.”
For a moment, Dorothy’s heart felt like it was being pierced by thousands of arrows. It was an extremely sharp pain.
Her watery and cool eyes gradually turned red. With tears in her eyes, she turned back and stared at him fiercely, without blinking.
“Credence, we have divorced. There’s no legal relationship or any entanglement between us anymore. We are both free. Why do you still want me to stay?”
She was so angry that she wanted to leave, but her arm was being held by a great force. No matter how hard she struggled, she could not break free.
He was pulling her fingers, and the man’s strong fingers gently scratched her delicate palm, which made her whole body tingle.
Dorothy’s heartbeat got faster and faster from this unobtrusive stimulation!